The Rouge surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 202 people carried this name — #85,996 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,986 people named Rouge.
53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 92 départements, most often Aude.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
361 people named Rouge live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 76 people named Rouge live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rouge.
- Rottier 394 · U.S. census
- Rouch 872 · U.S. census
- Rouchon 172 · U.S. census
- Roueche 256 · U.S. census
- Rouen 145 · U.S. census
- Rouff 248 · U.S. census
- Rougeau 776 · U.S. census
- Rougemont 118 · U.S. census
- Rougeux 294 · U.S. census
- Rougier 302 · U.S. census
- Rouhier 120 · U.S. census
- Rouillard 1,305 · U.S. census
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